injudicious

[ in-joo-dish-uh s ]

/ ˌɪn dʒuˈdɪʃ əs /

not judicious; showing lack of judgment; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet: an injudicious decision.

Origin of injudicious

First recorded in 1640–50; in-³ + judicious

in·ju·di·cious·ly, adverb in·ju·di·cious·ness, noun

The business world provides us with numerous examples of beliefs that are as widespread as they are injudicious, or misinformed.

Ignorant America |Tunku Varadarajan |August 30, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
What will not jealousy, goaded on by officious and injudicious friendship, do?

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland |Various
The offence which the remark has caused is due, no doubt, to injudicious use of the word "hero."

The Epic |Lascelles Abercrombie
It would be injudicious to ride again, or to have an injured hunter ridden again, until such an abrasion has healed.

The Horsewoman |Alice M. Hayes

At the same time, there is no tree which has suffered so much from injudicious planting among inappropriate surroundings.

Trees. A Woodland Notebook |Herbert Maxwell
There was the less need for careful management; the less risk of vexing the public by injudicious approbation.

A Book of the Play |Dutton Cook

injudicious

/ (ˌɪndʒʊˈdɪʃəs) /

not discreet; imprudent

injudiciously, adverb injudiciousness, noun